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Harkness Tower
Yale’s carillon tower, designed by James Gamble Rogers circa 1930, with figures created by Lee Lawrie.
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Harkness Tower
Yale University · New Haven, Connecticut
Harkness Tower is Yale’s carillon tower, designed by James Gamble Rogers circa 1930. The figures shown here were created by Lee Lawrie and sit high on the tower, where they can be difficult to see through the surrounding trees.
This photograph, showing Light, Ministry, Noah Webster and the War of 1812, comes from the Lee Lawrie archive at the Library of Congress.
Yale University · New Haven, Connecticut